A holistic, compassionate view of who and what we wear raises wide-ranging ethical questions about social justice, freedom, human and nonhuman well-being, and sustainability.
Terms like "ethical fashion," "fair fashion," "vegan fashion," and "sustainable fashion" are widely misused.I've long been interested in the clothes we choose to wear—who and what we don—to express our individuality or to look fashionable.
As I moved into consulting to transform the industry and into the NGO space, I found that social justice movements working to change the industry often operated singularly. I worked for an animal protection organisation that wanted only to address the ethical crisis of wool but not its methane emissions, and equally in an environmental space that did not care to acknowledge the moral bankruptcy of a wool industry profiting from a cycle of breeding, exploitation and ultimate slaughter..
I coined the term ‘total ethics fashion’ to highlight the need for fashion to consider people, our fellow animals and the planet ahead of profit at all times. This was required because ‘sustainable fashion’ is so often viewed only as relating to fashion’s emissions, deforestation, waste and other environmental factors, ‘ethical fashion’ often considered only about human rights, and ‘vegan fashion’ viewed as a fringe notion to protect animals.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Andrea Berggren: Wilmette is changing beach access in a cruel moveThe Wilmette Park District has decided to charge people to access the formerly free South Beach in a punitive move.
Read more »
Kindland: Finding kindness and hope in the cruel (and as-yet incurable) ALS neurogenerative diseaseMay is ALS Awareness Month and for Michael Polito and his family, it marks more than awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating neurogenerative disease. It represents the disease as lightning striking twice in a family.
Read more »
Cruel Summer: Bidenflation Pushes Memorial Day Cookout Costs Up 10%Source of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »
Here's Your First Look Inside Oni's Exciting EC Comics RevivalHere's what you can expect from Cruel Universe and Epitaphs From the Abyss!
Read more »
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Sets Demand for European Flights SoaringUnited Airlines released data showing more Americans are heading abroad for their “Cruel Summer” plans.
Read more »
Russian missile strike kills 7 civilians in 'extremely cruel' attack on Ukraine's KharkivOfficials say that Russian missiles have slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast of the country and killed at least seven civilians.
Read more »